Great thanks Vlad for these clear explanations.
Cheers,
Yvon

Hello Roy and Yvon,

Roy, she doesn't look that huge when there's nothing else on the photo that she could be compared with; on my other photo of the new MOL vessel, one can see how small a standard drill ship looks when compared to a 400 meters hull...

@Yvon, here we have an usual problem of people getting in the way of the payload... :)
But, at this stage of maritime things, there's not much we can do about it. If placed well forward, the accommodation would quickly make the captain consider a career change: ship movement (especially pitching) would make the crew's life very uncomfortable, even on a huge ship like this one.
Of course, there are vessels with bridges forward (including some container feeders, and all the car carriers), so there are some compromises.
As for the accommodation near the stern, the limiting factor is the line of visibility from the bridge, as per SOLAS requirements; even on a large vessel, the accommodation height does not exceed 12 levels - and even that is already ridiculously high!
So, the idea is to do away with the superstructure entirely, but that's another story...

Cheers

Vlad

Hi Vlad,
Thank for this interesting pic.
When looking at the hull form, it is surprising that the accomodations block will be fitted on the best place for the cargo, where the hull section is square and takes the maximum of boxes. Why the accomodations are not placed very forward or near the stern, where the holds take less boxes ? Thanks.
Regards,
Yvon

Hi Vlad,
Many thanks for the update!
Same height lashing bridges as the big ones from UASC so 11 (eleven) high-cubes on deck.
Looking at her like this she doesn't appear very huge, while in fact she is huge.
Keep them coming Vlad.
Cheers,
Roy